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38 Deploying Samba on IBM Eserver BladeCenter
8. Copy all the files in cd1/RedHat/base into RedHat/base using cp -r
cd1/RedHat/base/RedHat.
9. Make symbolic links for in the rpm files in RedHat/RPMS directory on cd1, cd2, and cd3 in
/var/ftp/pub/RedHat/RPMS.
Example 3-5 Creating symbolic links
cd RedHat/RPMS
ln -s ../../cd1/RedHat/RPMS/*.rpm .
ln -s ../../cd2/RedHat/RPMS/*.rpm .
ln -s ../../cd3/RedHat/RPMS/*.rpm .
10.Configure the FTP server to start on reboot using the command:
chkconfig wu-ftpd on
11.Start the FTP server with the command:
service xinetd restart
Example 3-6 Restarting xinetd
[root@portal1 etc]# service xinetd restart
Stopping xinetd: [ OK ]
Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
12.Verify that the FTP server is working by connecting to the system using an FTP client and
logging in as anonymous.
Example 3-7 Testing anonymous FTP setup
[root]# ncftp 9.24.105.99
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason ([e-mail]).
Copyright (c) 1992-2002 by Mike Gleason.
All rights reserved.
Connecting to 9.24.105.99...
portal1 FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-5) ready.
Logging in...
The response 'NcFTP@' is not valid
Next time please use your e-mail address as your password
for example: [e-mail]
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Logged in to portal1.
ncftp / >
3.3.3 Creating the network boot diskette
To perform a network installation on the IBM Eserver BladeCenter, a modified version of the
normal Red Hat network boot diskette, which includes the drivers for the blade server
Ethernet adapters, has to be created.
1. Install the kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-3.i386.rpm package from the Red Hat Linux CD 2 or from
the Red Hat FTP site using rpm -ivh kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-3.i386.rpm.